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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
REPORT OF MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LABOUR, HELD ON TUESDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 1936, AT TRANSPORT HOUSE, LONDON, S.W.1. AT 11 a.m.
PRESENT:
Mr. Findlay (In the Chair)
Representing the T.U.C. General Council:
Mr. Ernest Bevin.
Mr. A. Conley.
Mr. G. Gibson.
Mr. J. Hill.
Mr. E. Edwards.
Mr. A.G. Walkden, M.P. (morning session only)
Representing the Parliamentary Labour Party:
Mr. Hugh Dalton, M.P.
Mr. D.R. Grenfell, M.P.
Mr. J. Walker, M.P.
Mr. J.R. Clynes, M.P.
Mr. J. Compton, M.P.
Mrs Adamson
Representing the Executive Committee of the Labour Party:
Mr. Herbert Morrison.
Secretaries:
Sir Walter Citrine.
Mr. J.S. Middleton.
Also present:
Mr. Wm. Gillies.
Mr. H.V. Tewson.
MR. MIDDLETON made an announcement at the commencement of the meeting that they had had great difficulty in making contact with some of their members, and substitutes had been appointed. It might be found in the course of the meeting that they were over-represented.
The CHAIRMAN then asked Sir Walter Citrine to give a report on the international meetings he had attended.
SIR WALTER CITRINE: Sir Walter suggested that the report be dealt with in phases. They ought to get the actual sequence of events. They had left the Spanish situation at a stage when the two national

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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
REPORT OF MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LABOUR, HELD ON TUESDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 1936, AT TRANSPORT HOUSE, LONDON, S.W.1. AT 11 a.m.
PRESENT:
Mr. Findlay (In the Chair)
Representing the T.U.C. General Council:
Mr. Ernest Bevin.
Mr. A. Conley.
Mr. G. Gibson.
Mr. J. Hill.
Mr. E. Edwards.
Mr. A.G. Walkden, M.P. (morning session only)
Representing the Parliamentary Labour Party:
Mr. Hugh Dalton, M.P.
Mr. D.R. Grenfell, M.P.
Mr. J. Walker, M.P.
Mr. J.R. Clynes, M.P.
Mr. J. Compton, M.P.
Mrs Adamson
Representing the Executive Committee of the Labour Party:
Mr. Herbert Morrison.
Secretaries:
Sir Walter Citrine.
Mr. J.S. Middleton.
Also present:
Mr. Wm. Gillies.
Mr. H.V. Tewson.
MR. MIDDLETON made an announcement at the commencement of the meeting that they had had great difficulty in making contact with some of their members, and substitutes had been appointed. It might be found in the course of the meeting that they were over-represented.
The CHAIRMAN then asked Sir Walter Citrine to give a report on the international meetings he had attended.
SIR WALTER CITRINE: Sir Walter suggested that the report be dealt with in phases. They ought to get the actual sequence of events. They had left the Spanish situation at a stage when the two national